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“I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.”
Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨My friend @sarahs89reads recently posted about the #readingbannedbookschallenge and I immediately thought of one of my favorite classics, Brideshead Revisited. Will you join in with this challenge? I plan on revisiting Brideshead, as well as some other banned books. QOTD: do you have a favorite banned book?

T I D Y • D E S K • M E S S Y • M I N D
Anyone else have all their best ideas in the middle of the night, when they should be sleeping?
I miraculously managed to have a small brainwave late last night! (Yes, miracles can and do happen! 🤯🤷🏼‍♀️🙈) Today = 1550 words so far and the start of a new thread that helps pull everything together. And I’m going back in for round 2...

Just a little light reading before I head to Belarus on Wednesday. Actually, I’ve only read an abridged edition of War and Peace and seen the recent tv adaptation but I still bought this beautiful paperback edition in the hope that it might be the push I need. W&P just feels like one of those books I should have read. What books do you feel you should read? #warandpeace#amreading#bookstack

I finished my first Georgette Heyer book, Devil’s Cub, at the weekend, and I’m still thinking about it.
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It’s funny, dramatic and very romantic, with such a great cast of characters and some really unexpected, almost farcical moments, as well as really touching scenes.
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I loved it, and since mentioning it on Twitter I’ve been collecting everyone’s favourite Heyer books so I can plan my reading list.
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I’m happy to continue collecting book - and especially Regency Romance - recommendations until the end of time, so let me know your favourites in the comments.

I'm not much of a traveler. It's not from a lack of wanderlust. It's more a lack of wanderbudget. 😂
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The good news is I can travel anywhere anytime just by picking up a book. I've been to Los Angeles and New York City. I've been to Mexico and Cuba, and London and the French countryside. I've been across Italy and Bali, and I've traveled the Middle East and the African coast line.
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I've even been to Narnia, Wonderland, Westeros, and Hogwarts.
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One day I want to travel more (maybe not to Westeros though) but for now I'll let my imagination lead my feet to other places.
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Where do you want to go? #whpwanderlust

I drove deeper into Shropshire today to take my daughter to a Scouting event. Planned to dip into my next read, but the forest lured me in and I found this woody lake. The bleak, misty atmos suits my next read, though; The Black Country, which is set not far from here, and I’m on a discussion panel with its author at Wolverhampton Literature Festival next month @kerry2001

Did you know I have a YouTube channel? I’ve put a little montage together of the sort of things I share over there. Books, writing, baking, and the animals. I call it cosy, creative living! I hope you like it - do come over and see me if video is your thing (and even if it’s not!) Link in my bio.

I know this very autumnal but we didn’t get snow today. We got rain and wind, so it’s seems appropriate.
Just started Fahrenheit 451 this afternoon (can’t believe I haven’t read it) and am hooked.
What you reading?

This auto-biography of a forensic pathologist is more thrilling than most thrillers! Especially when I’m reading in my car by a forest while waiting for my child 😳 As well as a fascinating account of the science of the post mortem, it’s also a reminder of some of the most shocking events in recent British history, as Dr Shepherd reflects on cases involving murders, mass shootings, serial killers, disasters and terrorist attacks. It’s humbling to see what happens behind the scenes and how the dead are treated with dignity.

📦 Hurrah for beautiful #bookpost! 📦
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Sarah Morgan is one of my favourite authors, and when it’s so cold outside that the kitchen roof is white with frost and you have to bash a hole in the ice on the birdbath, getting a gorgeously summery proof like this through the door is perfecto.
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And this proof is SO pretty! The colours and the design and the font are all 😍. I was up until 1am finishing Devil’s Cub, and was wondering what to start next, but I will wonder no more.
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Thank you so much @sarahmorganwrites, @manpreeteditor and @hqstories!

When you’re getting ideas for book two and you haven’t finished book one yet 👑😬
I hope you’re warm and cosy this weekend. This weather is the perfect excuse to curl up with a good novel.
What are you reading right now?
I’m reading The Heart Goes Last by Margret Atwood ❤️

We got snow here today, did you? ❄️❄️
The forecast is for more and we’re hoping (as it’s the weekend) that it’s the fluffy, sticky kind instead of the slushy melting kind we’re currently getting.
I’ve a small person dreaming of sledging & snowball fights tomorrow, whereas I’ve got a supermarket shop & packing planned.
Wonder which we’ll end up doing? 😂🙈 You got any plans this weekend?

Starting my weekend with my first Georgette Heyer book, tea and fairy lights.
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WHY have I never read Georgette Heyer before? This book - Devil’s Cub - is funny, romantic and dramatic, and the Marquis of Vidal is 😍😍😍. I started it yesterday and I’ve nearly finished it already. 😢
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But that is OK because I have a Heyer reading list of around 30 more of hers, recommended to me by lovely writing friends who have long been GH lovers.
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I am almost drooling at the thought of all the wonderful reading that awaits me! 😍
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How are you starting your weekend?

While the United Kingdom is all snowy and gloomy and Brexity, you deserve to escape somewhere lush and warm and thrilling, somewhere like Singapore. How timely, then, that my novel is on special special at Amazon for the duration of this miserable month. Only £1! Literary Vitamin D, if not literally Vitamin D.
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From the bestselling author of All the Little Children comes a novel of marriage, betrayal, and murder set in tropical, multicultural Singapore.
Amanda Bonham moved halfway around the world to be with the man she loves. Although expat life in Singapore can be difficult, Edward Bonham is a dream husband and a doting father to his teenage daughter, Josie.
But when their maid dies in an apparent suicide—and Amanda discovers the woman was pregnant and hiding a stash of drugs prescribed to Edward—she can’t help but wonder if her perfect husband has a fatal flaw. And if he can’t resist temptation under their own roof, what does he get up to when he travels?
Camille Kemble also has questions for Edward. Recently returned to Singapore, Camille is determined to resolve a family mystery. Amid a jumble of faded childhood memories, she keeps seeing Edward’s handsome face. And she wants to know why.
For one woman, the search for answers threatens everything she has. For another, it’s the key to all she lost. Both will follow his trail of secrets into the darkness to find the truth.

Unpacking more books and debating whether to keep these beautiful @persephonebooks editions together because that will look best or to shelve them alphabetically because when you have as many books as we do, being able to find things is important. #shelfie#bookstack#amtidyingup

It’s going to be pretty chilly this weekend which is perfect as we’re in the mood for woolly socks, a comfy chair and a good book. Diving into the gorgeous The Outrun by Amy Liptrot as soon as it’s home time! What are you reading this weekend?

Thank you for voting on my last post.
With the votes on Facebook & Instagram it was a tie!
18 votes for each poem so the debate continues... (poem 1 was mine by the way, still loving poetry - so much to learn. Tell me, who I should be reading to get better?)

I am in that “waiting anxiously for an email” stage of my book, and haven’t been able to focus on much this morning.
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I have finished a book - The Rumour by Lesley Kara, which was gripping and had a brilliant concept, though I guessed the twist quite early on - done some housework and watched the SNOW ❄️ fall outside the window. (It is v insubstantial and the sky is mostly blue).
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I might also have a v exciting DVD / Henry Cavill delivery arriving today. 🥰 Sadly not ACTUAL Henry Cavill but exciting nonetheless.
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How do you distract yourself when you’re waiting for something important to happen or turn up? Also, aren’t the Kindle screensavers (I like to think of them as end papers) awesome?

When we were in London at the weekend we were talking about the old Penguin Classics, and Dad said that they used to have adverts on the back page and inside.
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That seemed so bizarre to me, to have an advert for food or cleaning stuff - not another book - in your next read. 📖
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But when I got home I remembered I’d snaffled one of the very old Penguins when Dad was clearing out his office. 🐧 This is The Silk Stocking Murders by Anthony Berkeley. It was published in 1941 and it has an advert for Cadburys opposite the title page.
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‘The name “Cadburys” is a guarantee of their purity and excellence.’ 🤣 I suppose it makes sense - munching on some chocolate while you read the latest crime thriller. So weird, though. 🍫
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Does anyone else remember these adverts in books?

‘I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes...’ - Virginia Woolf (from A Writer’s Diary) 📖 🌿 I’m currently putting the finishing touches to my storytelling E-Book, Small Stories, which I’ll be sending out as a January free gift to my newsletter subscribers next week. If you’re not a subscriber, and you’d like to be, click the link in my bio to sign up. ✍🏻

Just hanging out here under my ever-growing 2019 #tbr pile inspired by my absolute favorite @bookishbronte. I technically don’t neeeeed any new books, but will that stop me from going to the bookshop and wandering around like a maniac for several hours before buying up the entire fiction section? No. No, it will not.
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Please tell me I’m not the only one with this bad habit? 🤨

We’ve had a poetry slam & need you to judge which is best.
I’ll not say which is mine & which is @stephen_lea_falconer
Answers in the comments please - There’s a glass of cold beer in it for the winner!
Poem 1:
In summer,
This place will be ice cream & fish & chips,
Feet dangling off the jetty,
warm sun on skin,
I saw ferries advertise for summer jobs
Sensed the promise of chaos and
day trippers
And smiled in the still
January afternoon.
Poem 2:
The mirror ripples by pressing bough,
And brings back memories
Past and future
Children giggle & adults faulter
The beauty & natural splender
But here in winter
The jetty’s peaceful Kingsfisher flashes
And heron wanders
Summer beckons
With madding crowds
But all is cyclic, in this wonderland

'Time waits for no one⁣
So do you wanna waste some time?'⁣
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To think of time and all that retrospection! ⁣
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To think of today - as time continues ever so slightly on and on.⁣
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Time is a concept. This visual is from 2014 but changea are visible only on the inside.⁣ibsideAnd what big changes they are for such sameness on the outside...
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Fantasmic time to stay wild is always NOW!⁣
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#timearts#throwbacktuesday#timeisnow#stayingin#bookobsessed#bookstagramgirl

ad| I’ve partnered with @penguinukbooks to allow one lucky winner to receive a book a month for 12 months from their catalogue. Read on to find out how.
Stories are everywhere. I like to share simple stories about my chickens and ducks. In Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield the stories focus upon the River Thames and the myth and folklore surrounding those waters near the very source.
This giveaway is run by Transworld and is not sponsored, endorsed administered by or associated with Instagram. The United Kingdom and over 18’s only.
How to win a copy.
1. In the comments create your first few lines to your own #onceupona story. Can be real or fictional. You have until 28/01/2019 to enter 12 midnight UK time.
2. The winner will be chosen by Transworld on 01/02/2019 from all entries based on the one they prefer.
3. 5 runners-up will win a copy of the book.
For more important info see my comment below. #passthestoryon#onceuponariver#onceupona

I know many of you have already read, and loved this book. I’m reading it for the first time for @faes.of.the.forest book club. Will you be joining us? I must say, I can’t wait to read the rest of the books in this series! If you’ve read them, do you have a favorite? If not, can you recommend a magical book? ✨✨

Sometimes the obvious isn’t always obvious. When I read the @instagram hashtag this weekend it got me thinking about who I admire, who has had an impact on me and my writing.
Maeve Binchy came into my life via a discarded novel in a Portuguese villa when I was fifteen. I was entranced. Her writing was warm. It was cosy. I wanted to live in Ireland, to meet the characters.
I think I have most of her books on my shelves to the right of me as I type this out. And I’ve realised that her writing has influenced all I’ve been striving to do with my online creativity. She may no longer be with us but her influence lives on through her books. #whpinspiredby

My parents came to visit today.
We showed them the house we’re moving into and I felt about fifteen. Hoping they approved, hoping they liked it as much as we did.
I needn’t have worried, they loved it. And the best part?
The new house has its very own writing room & the most incredible views! #whpinspiredby

Blog post up detailing how I got all those likes & follows on my last couple of posts.
I’ve shared screenshots of my insights, what I did differently to normal & what results I got.
I hope they’re useful!
Link in the bio & if you read it, let me know what you think.
Have a good Friyay eve all 😊

I’ve just got back from visiting a dear friend who is taking a few months off.
She has nothing planned in this time but reading books.
CAN YOU IMAGINE?? I tried to contain my jealousy, but not sure I managed.